Pledger's hometown is
Camden, Alabama. He is tall. In 1996 Pledger was a second-team
JUCO all-American after he averaged 25 points, 14 rebounds, 5 steals, and 3 blocks a game. With Wallace State, he was the 1996 Alabama Sports Writers Association Community College Athlete of the Year. Pledger then played basketball for
West Virginia University for the
Mountaineers, was a guard and captain of the basketball team in 1997–98, and graduated in 1998. In his two seasons of play, he averaged 13.1 points per game, with a 51.1% field goal percentage. He was the
top scorer in the 2000-01 Israel Basketball Premier League. == References ==